Kate Yoder is the news editor at Grist, a nonprofit environmental news site in Seattle, where she covers climate change with a special focus on language and culture. Her work has been republished by The Guardian, Mother Jones, and Wired, and she has appeared on NPR’s On Point, among other radio programs. She also contributed articles to a National Magazine Award–nominated project, Ask Umbra’s 21-Day Apathy Detox. A born-and-raised Hoosier, Yoder grew up in Elkhart, Indiana, and attended the nearby Goshen College, where she graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in English writing and art. She has worked on organic farms in France and Italy through WWOOF and is a sourdough bread devotee.